Hart & Vicki EGGPLANT 
One package of seed will produce 200 plants; 1 ounce 2000 plants. 
Harvest your Eggplant while the skin is still glossy. It is too old when the skin becomes dull. 
Maturing days mentioned mean days from the time the plant is set out in the garden until it is ready 
to eat. 
Start seed under glass early in March and bring plants to a good size as rapidly as possible. Transplant, 
when 3 inches high, singly, into 2¥2- to 3-inch pots. (Fertile Pots are best, see page 12.) As soon as 
weather is warm set out in open ground, about 2 feet apart each way. Spray or dust for beetle with 
arsenate of lead or one of the new DDT sprays or dusts. 
«Black Beauty. (73 days.) An extra early variety. The fruits are large, blunt, oval in shape, purple-black, 
entirely spineless, and of very high quality, weigh several pounds each and are entirely free from spines and 
thorns. Holds its color a long time and is a desirable market variety as well as the very best kind for the 
home gardens, except in very northern sections. This is a very reliable and heavy bearing variety, each plant 
producing several large fruits. Pkg. 15c; VY oz. 50c; oz. 95c 
New Hampshire Hybrid. (60 days.) An extra early kind that does well everywhere and is especially 
valuable in northern sections where the season is short. The round and oblong fruits are deep purple in 
color and of splendid quality. Plants are sturdy, low, compact growing and bear ten days before other kinds 
Pkg. 15c; Yo oz. 60c; oz. $1.00 
ENDIVE 4 £asily Groun 
One of the best salads for fall and winter use, for garnishing and flavoring soups and 
stews. Sow in shallow drills, 15 inches apart; thin plants to 1 foot apart. For early use, 
sow in April; for late use, in June or July. When full grown, tie outer leaves together over 
center to blanch the heart. Cover fresh plants every few days for a succession. One 
package of seed will sow 50 feet of row; 1 ounce 300 feet. 
Deep Heart Fringed. All-America Medal Winner. An entirely new type of Endive having 
the broad leaves of Batavian but finely fringed like Green Curled and more upright in 
growth than either. Easily blanched to an appetizing creamy white, crisp and tender. 
A splendid home garden kind. Ready in 70 days. 
Pkg. 15c; V2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 1% Ib. $1.00 
Full Heart Batavian (Escarolle). Broad, twisted and waved, bright deep green leaves 
with thick, nearly white midribs. The inner leaves form a fairly solid clustering head which 
blanches to a beautiful white; crisp and tender. Unsurpassed for salads. Ready in 90 days. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 30¢; Y% Ib. 85c 
Green Curled Green Ribbed. Ready in 65 days. Rich green leaves are very finely cut 
giving the plants a feathery appearance. The 15-inch heads blanch easily to pure white 
and have a most delicious, crisp, refreshing flavor. Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; Y% Ib. 85c 
Fennel 
Florence (Finocchio). Grown in home and market garden, and produces a bulb at the 
surface of the ground of aromatic and Anise-like flavor. The stalks are eaten like Celery, 
raw or creamed. Sow the seed in rows 20 inches apart and thin plants to 10 inches apart; 
Blanch by drawing up the earth. Pkg. 15¢; 5 oz. 25c; oz. 45c; 4 Ib. $1.25 
KALE ¢4 Rich in Vitamins 
Use for greens and garnishing. The tender young shoots branching from the stalks 
make very delicious greens or may be cut up to be eaten raw in salads and sandwiches 
Hardier than Cabbage and is improved by frost. Sow the seed in the garden in early 
spring for large fully grown plants. Sow in July for those small tender leaves to use in the 
fall and winter. Sow seeds 2 inch deep in rows 2 to 3 feet apart. Thin plants to stand 
12 inches apart in the row. Package of seed will sow 50 feet of row; 1 ounce 300 feet. 
Dwarf Blue Curled. Bluish green foliage Siberian or Sprouts. These plants grow 
of unusually high quality. The plants are ; i i 
hondymesmpact inhabit, and: produce an about 15 inches high, will spread to 3 feet 
enormous amount of foliage, used both for °F more across, and are the largest of all 
eating and for table decoration. the Kales. Large, light bluish green leaves 
Pkg. 5c; Y2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; V4 Ib. $1.25 curled at the edges; nearly all are edible. 
Pkgs 0c; oz, 30¢7 4. lb.95c 
Hart & Vices KOHLRABI 
_An edible bulb that grows above ground and combines the good qual- 
ities of Cabbage and Turnips. Kohlrabi is tender and delicious, and can 
be cooked in many ways. Sow seed early in spring, in rows 114 feet 
apart, and thin to 4 inches. Make two sowings 10 days apart in the 
early spring, and again in July for a fall crop. Matures in 10 to 12 weeks. 
One package of seed will sow 40 feet of row; one ounce 300 feet. 

market, table, or forcing. The flesh is 

Black Beauty Eggplant 

Full Heart Batavian Endive or Escarolle 

This is Dwarf Blue Curled Kale 
Early White Vienna. The standard for [ 


white, tender, and has a greenish white 
skin. BKgualioc.) o0Z.155C> 
oz. 60c; Y% Ib. $1.85 
Early Purple Vienna. A purple-skinned, 
white-fleshed bulb similar to White Vienna. 
Pkg. 15¢; Yo oz. 35c; 
oz. 60c; Y% Ib. $1.85 
White Vienna Kohlrabi is a mighty good 
vegetable for your garden. We have some 
very nice things said about it from people 
who tried it for the past three seasons. 
White 
Vienna 
Kohlrabi 
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DANDELION 
One package of seed will sow 100 feet of row. 
improved Thick-Leaved. A splendid salad plant. This variety has 
large, thick leaves and is a valuable plant for ‘’greens’’ in the early 
spring. Some prefer to tie the leaves together over the head to blanch 
it and then eat it like Endive. Sow seed in good loam, drills 1 foot apart; 
thin or transplant to 1 foot apart in rows. Ready to eat in 60 days. 
Pkg. 15c; 4 oz. 45c; oz. $1.45 
Italian Dandelion. You will find this on page 8 listed under Chicory. 
It is a rapid growing salad plant whose Dandelion-like leaves are used 
as early greens. The leaves and flower shoots are very tender and have 
a faint Asparagus flavor. They may be cut several times during a 
season Pkg. 15c; 14 oz. 45c; oz. 75c 
